AERA Open - Vermont School Funding Study (Rural Cost Differentials)

Name: AERA Open - Vermont School Funding Study (Rural Cost Differentials)
Published: 2021-03-02
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Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Tammy Kolbe, University of Vermont; Bruce Baker, The Rutgers University; Jesse Levin, American Institutes; Drew Atchison, American Institutes for Research

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Project Citation:

Kolbe, Tammy, Baker, Bruce , Levin, Jesse, and Atchison, Drew . AERA Open - Vermont School Funding Study (Rural Cost Differentials). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-03-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/E133981V1

Project Description

Summary: State policymakers wrestle with long-standing questions and concerns about how to best provide additional fiscal support to rural school districts to ensure their students have access to adequate educational opportunities. In this study, we describe how one state developed empirically based estimates for the additional cost of operating rural schools, typified by small enrollment and location in sparsely populated areas. The study’s findings clarify that school size and location are relevant, but distinct, cost factors that should be accounted for state school finance policies. Additionally, the study provides a model for how other states might leverage administrative data and apply education cost modeling to estimate cost differences for rural schools that can be used to inform state school finance policy.

Funding Sources: Vermont Agency of Education

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: education finance; rural education ; education cost function

Geographic Coverage: Vermont

Time Period(s): 2008 – 2018 (Academic Years)

Universe: Vermont public schools

Data Type(s): administrative records data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: School

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